NJ Firm Faces DQ Bid After Port Authority Chair Added To Suit

By Jake Maher

A former McCarter & English LLP attorney suing over alleged anti-veteran discrimination in New Jersey state court has moved to have his opposing counsel at O'Toole Scrivo LLC disqualified after having named the firm's managing partner — chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — as a new defendant.

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Tunnel Funding Freeze Fight Is In Wrong Court, 2nd Circ. Told

By Carla Baranauckas

New York and New Jersey's federal lawsuit challenging a freeze on Gateway Tunnel funding must be dismissed because it falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Department of Transportation argued to the Second Circuit on Tuesday.

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Live Nation Tells Jury It's A 'Fierce' But Legal Competitor

By Pete Brush

Live Nation does not illegally pressure concert venues or artists to use Ticketmaster and its other services, its counsel told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday, calling the entertainment giant a "fierce, lawful, legitimate" competitor as a closely watched antitrust trial opened.

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Feds Lose Fight To End NY Congestion Pricing

By Linda Chiem

A Manhattan federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation acted unlawfully when it purportedly terminated a federal agreement that gave New York's congestion pricing the green light, handing the state a decisive victory against the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the program.

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Tenn. Team Left Out In Minor League Contraction Plans Appeal

By David Steele

A Tennessee-based minor league baseball club has asked a New Jersey federal judge to enter final judgment on the dismissal of a suit against an opposing team owner to clear the path for an appeal.

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3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of $800K Union Pension Suit

By Emily Brill

A split Third Circuit panel said Tuesday it won't revive allegations that two companies owe about $800,000 to a union pension fund, ruling that a New Jersey federal judge properly tossed the claim because the fund waited eight years to tell the companies they owed the money.

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Multi-Color Lenders Call Lien Challenge Waste Of Time

By Rick Archer

Barclays Bank is asking a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to dismiss a suit challenging liens against Multi-Color Corp., saying the suit is unnecessary since the bankrupt global label-maker's reorganization plan will be before the court by the end of the month.

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Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance

The New York City Bar Association’s recently issued formal opinion, providing ethical guidance on artificial intelligence-assisted recording, transcription and summarization, raises immediate questions about data governance and e-discovery for companies that use Microsoft 365 and Copilot, say Staci Kaliner, Martin Tully and John Collins at Redgrave.

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Gordon Rees Opens New Offices In Charlotte And Wisconsin

By Tracey Read

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has expanded its reach in the Southeast and Midwest by opening new offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Madison, Wisconsin.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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Redgrave Adds Ex-Stoel Rives Executive As COO

By Matt Perez

E-discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired Britney A. Colton, formerly an executive at Stoel Rives LLP, as its chief operating officer.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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NC Judge Trims Co.'s $116M Investment Coverage Dispute

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina state court has trimmed a company's suit claiming that its insurer obstructed its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage for an investment that didn't pay out on time, tossing a breach of contract claim while preserving bad faith and statutory violation claims.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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